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Capturing Marginality: The Social Role of Photography in the Wake of Rapid Urban Development in Batumi, Adjara
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Abstract This article examines the social role of photographic images in relation to the rapidly changing urban space
of Batumi, Adjara. I argue that although photographic images selectively freeze certain moments of the past
and render them stable, they simultaneously highlight the ambiguous aspects of th... view more
This article examines the social role of photographic images in relation to the rapidly changing urban space
of Batumi, Adjara. I argue that although photographic images selectively freeze certain moments of the past
and render them stable, they simultaneously highlight the ambiguous aspects of the present and capture
the socially marginal positions of their authors. I analyze how this tension plays out among a middle-aged
and elderly generation of Soviet photographers in Batumi who, by capturing the past through their photographs,
try to position themselves in an uncertain present and imagine their future(s).... view less
Keywords
Georgia; region; autonomy; urban development; photography; reminiscence; USSR successor state
Classification
Area Development Planning, Regional Research
Free Keywords
Adjara; Urban Space
Document language
English
Publication Year
2014
Page/Pages
p. 10-13
Journal
Caucasus Analytical Digest (2014) 66
ISSN
1867-9323
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0